Historical Societies and Fan Clubs
for Teams that Left Town

Boston NL (with newsletter)
Brooklyn NL (with newsletter)
New York NL (with newsletter)
Philadelphia AL (with website)
St. Louis AL (with newsletter)
Washington AL



Boston Braves
Boston Braves Historical Association
P.O. Box 5668
Marlborough, MA 01752

newsletter:
    Bob Brady (bob.brady@bos.frb.org), editor and photographer
business manager:		
    George Altison 1-508-485-1423
electronic contact:
    Bob Brady (bob.brady@bos.frb.org), a member of SABR
other publications: recent books


annual event, 2002:
    Sunday, 6 October 2002
  
annual event, 2001:
    Sunday, 7 October 2001
    Tour of Braves Field: 12:00, corner of Gaffney & Harry Agganis (free)
    Reunion Banquet: 2:00-6:00 (write for info)

introduction to the BBHA, 2000:

Bob [Brady] sent me a complimentary copy of one number of the BBHA
Newsletter.  It includes the features that I expected, but more of
them: trivia and nostalgia; "In Memoriam" and "Where Are They Now?";
notices of calendars, stamps, cards, tickets, songs, and a Danbury mint
replica of Braves Field.  One that surprised me is the roster of the
1953 Boston Braves in Spring Training, before the 11th hour move to
Milwaukee.
  
There is an annual reunion and banquet, some Sunday in October, which
has flourished since the 50th anniversary of the 1948 pennant winners.
Members now sell it out, I suspect.  Anyone is welcome to join the
walking tour of Braves Field, a few hours before the banquet, no charge.

The BBHA recently published A Tour of Braves Field, $15.00, with
photos and text covering both "the Wigwam" (when it was a ballpark) and
what remains today at Nickerson Field (the BU SportStad).

--quoted from Paul Wendt, "SABR-BOS newsletter", October 2000

source: Bob Brady and the BBHA



Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers Fan Club
Ron Gabriel, Founder and President [and Vice President, SABR, 1989-91]
5512 Cornish Rd
Chevy Chase, MD 20814

newsletter:
The quarterly Brooklyn Dodger Line Drives is in its 26th year.

source: newsletter of the Bob Davids Chapter, SABR, 2001-03, edited by Larry McCray

--
Southern New England Brooklyn Dodger Fan Club
L. Robert Smith (waterman450@worldnet.att.net)

source: Evelyn Begley



New York Giants
New York Giants Historical Society
Stu Leeds (stuleeds@aol.com), director 

newsletter:
quarterly, edited by Stu Leeds (stuleeds@aol.com) 

source: Jay Roberts 


"The Shot Heard 'Round the World"
The NYGHS and others organized 50th anniversary events in 2001.



Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society
museum, research, and gift shop
6 North York Road
Hatboro PA [north of Philadelphia]
           [normal hours, Mon-Sat 9:00-3:30]

phone: 1-215-323-9901
email: yorkroad6@aol.com
web:   http://www.philadelphiaathletics.org/ 

The website includes lots of historical material about the Athletics in
their heyday and lots of merchandise.

sources: newsletter, Bob Davids Chapter, SABR, 2001-03, edited by Larry McCray;
         the website


then-Executive Director George Case noted in The SABR Bulletin,
April 2001, p8, that SABR was developing a relationship with the Society.



St. Louis Browns
St. Louis Browns Fan Club
Bud Kane, Treasurer
443 Fieldcrest Dr.
Webster Groves, MO 63119

newsletter:
    Pop Flies
    One item from the newsletter is in the SABR Research Library, 
    mentioned in The SABR Bulletin, May 2001.

100th Anniversary Party, 16 May 2002 (apparently the 21st annual reunion)

The St. Louis Browns Fan Club Officers planned that this would be the 
last annual event.  It was a success and there is interest in continuing.

"the Browns players are just sparkling. Their wit and candor about their
playing days is so refreshing and enlightening. And they truly seem
overwhelmed at the attention paid them at these events." --Nic Antoine

source: Nic Antoine, multiple years



Washington Senators
Natsfest

This annual event is probably announced in newsletter of the Bob Davids Chapter, SABR, and elsewhere.

Washington Baseball Historical Society
newsletter:
    ?

then-Executive Director George Case noted in The SABR Bulletin,
April 2001, p8, that SABR was developing a relationship and "recently
participated with a SABR booth".